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lol he's going to be insanely boring

wade def often has some sleepy stoner vibes onscreen idk how that'll really work

yeah im not sold

I agree. But Jalen was similar yet morphed into a good media personality.

he's just never going to say anything interesting. i never heard him say anything interesting for however long he was playing.

yeah he's famous and will continue to be famous independent of basketball so it's not surprising that the TV networks would be after him even tho cad is 100% right

wade as a tv personality will be like webber on quaaludes

c webb is cool tho, he doesn't say much but he has a good vibe. wade is cheesy

CWebb just needs a new partner

a lot of players doing pods now, anyone listening regularly to any?

_ Knuckleheads with Q Rich and Darius Miles is pretty fun but they are kinda boring, got some big guests like KD, Kobe and Wade
_ Matt Barnes and Stack Jack got one on showtime called All the Smoke. I like it so far, the JR smith one was pretty good
_ Road trippin with Channing and R Jeff - havent listened cos r jeff is a warriors h8r
_ JJ reddick one is pretty good
_ Winging it with Vince and Baze heard one it was fine

idk any more?

one w current players talking about the recent games theyd played / basketball thoughts on other teams games wld be cool

I can't listen to Q Rich cause friend went to school with him and I've heard several stories about what an asshole handsy jerk he was

fair

You can tell JJ wants to be Professional Media Guy. Haven't listened to it in awhile but ya can be p good.

sure he will be on tv upon retirement (after this season prob)

is JJ the most successful white guy duke failson

probably yeah

i really like jared dudley on everything i hear him do. he breaks things down but also has grounded opinions and doesnt seem scared to rustle some feathers. im sure he'll have a voice in the media post retirement

jj's transformation from duke superstar who writes poetry about how hard it is to have haters into well liked low key nba role player is pretty stunning tbf

dude turned into the best hired gun in the league somehow. figured out just enough defense to be able to stay on the floor with any lineup. he looks pretty bad this year so far tho so it may be nearing the end of the line

it must suck to have millions of ppl continue to judge you for how you were when you were 20. not just speaking about JJ but pro atheletes in general.

My memory of redick was that the defense was good by year 2 because the offense was struggling and he needed to compensate.

imo he’s a classic example of a guy who does everything pretty well and one thing very well

also has a great motor cool with just running around the whole game. he's a master of off-balance shooting, feel like he shoots as good fading to his right as he does completely set

he also got into sick shape, has to be one of the best-conditioned guys nowadays. for a guy who was wildly entitled and overrated coming out of school i give him credit for figuring out what he needed to change to stick in the nba and making it happen.

got over my Q Rich dislike...Knuckleheads is really good

someone like Durant comes off much differently (ie better) with them 2 than any other interview I've heard

got over my Q Rich dislike...Knuckleheads is really good

iirc in an article from like last year miles said they stole it from a LA high school team and before that theyve said it was a pulling yr antenna out gesture ie having high awareness

https://www.clipsnation.com/2018/10/24/18019850/darius-miles-origin-trademark-celebration-fist-tap-quentin-richardson-baby-clippers

https://gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/quentin-richardson-clippers.jpg

I loved that clippers team btw

That was the first clippers team that made people really think things could change there. Obviously the Elton Brand teams fulfilled it.

nah that would be the early 90's teams with Manning imo , they made it to the playoffs for the first time in LA two years in a row.

Yeah but those teams had larry brown coaching, that doesn’t count. The bobcats made the playoffs with Larry brown.

true! we were hyped for them though and went to a bunch of games those years . it was fun.

big draw of course was those tickets were cheap and we couldn't really afford to go The Forum much.

I like the podcast the guys from The Starters do for the Athletic, No Dunks. You may need a subscription for it

idk dunks are good imo

you don't need an athletic subscription for those pods. they're good but it's a little too much content every day, I'm listening to 2-3 a week

They cut loose more than they did on tv and also make fun of each other more

yeah I always liked their podcasts way more than the tv show, they're much better at shooting the shit than fitting into the rigid sports TV format

I really like Drew Gooden on the wizards broadcast team. Great voice, easy-going homerism.

wade on the all the smoke pod talking about parenting his kids is powerful stuff
https://youtu.be/qqwBZqndDUg
about 30 min in

Looking forward to listening to this, I just got hip to this pod and it’s great, lmfao when Jax was talking about how JJ Redick got him to start wearing classier watches and Barnes says “He respectfully shitted on your watch.”

one thing i do hate about them is they have this tic where they refer to anything as "the (x) thing" ... "and then the brogdon thing happened" "are we gonna talk about the griffin thing" and sometimes they'll just refer to a "thing" esp from the past where you're like wait that's a thing? i really hate it

― J0rdan S., Monday, August 5, 2019 bookmarkflaglink

This stands out to me SO much more now since you posted this. lmao youve almost ruined them for me.

look it's hard for me to listen to it myself

I’m surprised no one has brought this to their attention. It would be fine on occasion but it’s become like an every topic filler word

This has probably been discussed upthread but the scourge of referring to players by their first names has to stop. Exceptions obv for guys with cool or iconic names like Zion or Lebron or Luka but foh with referring to Simmons as Ben or Harden as James like they’re your buddies

I’m surprised no one has brought this to their attention. It would be fine on occasion but it’s become like an every topic filler word

― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Wednesday, February 26, 2020 9:53 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'm pretty sure russillo is aware that he does this. it's of a piece with his meta approach to talking about sports.